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Kitbag 12th Jan 2015 21:06

Standard engine for the machine, but note there was a very limited number (less than 5) constructed before development stopped.

evansb 13th Jan 2015 02:39

Perhaps it is the elegant high-performance Mitsubishi Ki-83?
http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...t/ki-83-04.jpg

Kitbag 13th Jan 2015 05:48

evansbe has it, it is the Mitsubishi Ki-83, which was so secret that the Allies didn't know about it until after the surrender, hence no familiar reporting name.

evansbe has control

evansb 14th Jan 2015 03:38

Funny that, to quote Jenkins' post, (now deleted), .. "30 years later they produced a more useful twin engined aircraft". Indeed, as Mitsubishi produced the T-2 and F-2 twin engine jets, both very utile twin engined aircraft. Let us also not forget the MU-2, which was assembled in San Angelo, Texas, in the mid-1970s.

Here is another challenge:http://i1047.photobucket.com/albums/...ed139e351c.jpg

Terry Dactil 14th Jan 2015 04:03

Looks like a RR Dart mounted over a low wing so I'm thinking HS748. However, the marking on the emergency exit makes me go for the Japanese look-alike.
NAMC YS-11?

evansb 14th Jan 2015 04:31

Correct! The NAMC YS-11. Speed and range were similar to the HS 748, but the YS-11 had a greater payload capacity, thus a lower operating cost.

YOUR TURN.

Terry Dactil 14th Jan 2015 05:20

OK. Here is a bigger engine and enough easy clues to work out to what aircraft it is attached.

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...ps202c5659.jpg

con-pilot 14th Jan 2015 19:34

Wild guess, Convair 880?

Terry Dactil 14th Jan 2015 20:34

Not a Convair.
This is back in the 1960's. We were adjusting the fuel control unit with the engine running. That is why the fan is set in reverse but the hot end isn't.
Reduces the breeze a bit.

Kitbag 14th Jan 2015 20:45

Pratt & Whitney JT3 on a B707?

Terry Dactil 14th Jan 2015 21:02

That's the one.
JT3-MC6 engine on a Qantas B707.
Over to you.

Kitbag 14th Jan 2015 21:11

Thanks Terry, only got there because I misidentified P&Ws logo on the cowling.

Try this bit of heavy metal:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...all14Jan15.jpg

oncemorealoft 14th Jan 2015 21:16

It's a large US helicopter but I can't remember it's tribal name!:Oj

Kitbag 14th Jan 2015 21:22


It's a large US helicopter but I can't remember it's tribal name!:Oj
LOL, like it, I may try that ploy in the future!

Whoever can come up with the name, company or mil designation gets the kudos.

lomapaseo 14th Jan 2015 21:42


That's the one.
JT3-MC6 engine on a Qantas B707.
Over to you.
So why isn't it a JT3D engine instead?

Zaxis 14th Jan 2015 21:51

Sikorsky S56. / CH37 Mojave

Kitbag 14th Jan 2015 22:17

Zaxis has it

YHC & goodnight

Terry Dactil 14th Jan 2015 22:28

Ooops!

So why isn't it a JT3D engine instead?
You are right. It is a JT3D-MC6
I was feeling pleased that I could remember the last bit, as it is over 50 years ago! :ok:
It was the latest and greatest way back then, and my group held the record for the fastest engine change.
http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4105924c.jpg

Zaxis 15th Jan 2015 18:51

Try this...
http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2a60eb72.jpg

Kitbag 15th Jan 2015 20:30

Lycoming R680?


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